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Registration Required.
SEC. 11. Registration Required. — Upon the effectivity of this Decree, no person shall practice or offer to practice environmental planning in the Philippines without having obtained the proper certificate of registration from the Board.
Examination Requirements.
SEC. 12. Examination Requirements. — Except as otherwise permitted under Section 12 of this Title, all applicants for registration for the practice of environmental planning shall be required to pass the required professional examination as herein provided.
Registration without Examination.
SEC. 13. Registration without Examination. — A certificate of registration for environmental planners shall be issued to any applicant by the Board first constituted, without requiring the passing of the examination herein prescribed: Provided, That he registers within one (1) year after the constitution of the said Board and that he possesses the following qualifications: He must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age; He must be a Filipino citizen; He must be currently involved in the practice of environmental planning; and He must have any of the following academic and/or training background or experience: Masteral degree in environmental planning, city and regional planning, or town and country planning or its equivalent from a school recognized by the government, plus one (1) year of environmental planning experience; Masteral degree in a field of discipline related to planning such as architecture, civil engineering, geography, economics, public administration, or sociology, plus two (2) years of environmental planning experience acceptable by the Board; Masteral degree in a field of discipline related to planning, other than those listed in paragraph (2) above, plus two (2) years of environmental planning experience, and either of the following additional qualifications: 3.1 Completion of at least eighteen (18) units of graduate course work in environmental planning; or 3.2 Completion of a training program or programs the total number of hours of which is equivalent to the number of graduate course work in environmental planning. Bachelor's degree in environmental planning, city and regional planning, or town and country planning from a school or institution recognized by the Government, plus three (3) years of environmental planning experience acceptable by the Board; Bachelor's degree in a field of discipline related to planning such as architecture, civil engineering, geography, economics, public administration, or sociology, plus four (4) years of environmental planning experience acceptable by the Board; Bachelor's degree in a field of discipline related to planning, other than those listed in paragraph (5) above, plus eighteen (18) graduate units in planning and three (3) years of environmental planning experience acceptable by the Board; or Civil service eligibility in planning or city planning, plus five (5) years of environmental planning experience.
Holding of Examination.
SEC. 14. Holding of Examination. — Examination for candidates desiring to practice environmental planning in the Philippines shall be given once a year in Metro Manila at such dates to be determined by the Commission.
Subjects of Examination.
SEC. 15. Subjects of Examination. — Applicants for certificates of registration as environmental planners shall be examined on comprehensive plan preparation including the following subjects: Physical planning, such as zoning, land use and water resources studies; analysis of micro-climate, vegetation, topography, soil conditions, ecological and geological conditions; site planning; design and planning of infrastructure and transportation systems, communications and utilities systems, housing and community facilities analysis of space standards and interrelationships of building layouts and building envelopes; detailed planning design, etc.; Social planning, such as the sociological, anthropological and demographic aspects and requirements of planning; Economic planning, such as economic resource analysis, assessment of economic facilities, industrial siting, determination of labor and transport requirements of industries, analysis of statistical information and economic linkages among different economic activities, etc.; Planning law and administration, such as organization and administration of a planning agency, preparation of cases in planning and zoning litigations, public policy instruments, professional practice, laws and ethics, and standard rules and regulations, etc; and Special planning studies, project planning, pre-investment and reasibility studies, etc. Subject groupings with corresponding percentage ratings shall be determined by the Board and approved by the Commission, Subjects not enumerated herein shall not be construed as excluded in this subject listing if, in the opinion of the Board, such inclusion is necessary.
Qualification for Examination.
SEC. 16. Qualification for Examination. — Any person applying for admission to the environmental planning examination as herein provided shall, prior to the date of the examination, establish to the satisfaction of the Board that he has the following qualifications: A citizen of the Philippines; At least twenty-one (21) years of age; and A holder of any of the following: Masteral degree in environmental planning, city and regional planning, or town and country planning, or its equivalent acceptable to the Board; Bachelor's degree in environmental planning, city and regional planning, or town and country planning, or its equivalent, and with two (2) years of environmental planning experience certified by a registered environmental planner; Masteral degree in either architecture, civil engineering, economics, public administration or sociology, and with one (1) year of environmental planning experience certified by a registered environmental planner; or Bachelor's degree in either architecture, civil engineering, economics, public administration, or sociology, and with two (2) years of environmental planning experience certified by a registered environmental planner.
Refusal to Issue Certificate.
SEC. 17. Refusal to Issue Certificate. — The Board shall not issue a certificate of registration to any person who suffers from any of the following disqualifications: Conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction of any criminal offense involving moral turpitude; Conviction in an administrative case of any offense involving immorality or notoriously undesirable conduct; and Has unsound mind. In case of refusal to issue a certificate, the Board shall issue to the applicant a written statement setting forth the reason for such action.
Oath of Environmental Planners.
SEC. 18. Oath of Environmental Planners. — All successful candidates in the examinations shall take the prescribed professional oath before the Board or before any other government official authorized to administer such oath prior to entering the practice of the profession.
Planning Services by a Registered Environmental Planner.
SEC. 19. Planning Services by a Registered Environmental Planner. — It shall be unlawful for any person to render planning services as defined in Section 3, Title I hereof, unless the plans, designs and programs have been prepared under, and signed and sealed by a registered environmental planner. It shall be unlawful for any environmental planner to sign his name, affix his seal, or use any other method of signature on plans, specifications or other documents Prepared by another environmental planner or mode under the supervision of another environmental planner. It shall likewise be unlawful for any person, except the environmental Planner in charge, to sign for any branch of the work, or any function on environmental planning practice, not actually performed by him. The environmental planner in charge shall be fully responsible for all plans, specifications and other documents issued under his seal or authorized signature. It shall be unlawful for any person, without the written consent of the environmental planner or author of said documents, to amend, revise, duplicate or make copies of said documents for use in the repetition of and for other projects whether executed partly or in whole.
Consulting Firms and Corporations Engaged in Environmental Planning Practice.
SEC. 20. Consulting Firms and Corporations Engaged in Environmental Planning Practice. — A consulting firm, partnership, company corporation, or association may engage in the practice of environmental planning in the Philippines: Provided, That it complies with the following requirements: The consulting firm, partnership, company, corporation, or association is registered as such with the Board and approved by the Commission to engage in the practice of environmental planning in the Philippines: Provided, That at least seventy-five (75) percent of the entire membership of the Board of the corporation, partnership, firm or association shall be registered environmental planners and at least seventy-five (75) percent of the total capitalization of the said entity is owned by them; and The practice of the consulting firm, partnership, company, corporation, or association in environmental planning shall be carried out by duly registered environmental planners.
Roster of Environmental Planners.
SEC. 21. Roster of Environmental Planners. — A roster showing the names and places of business of all registered environmental planners or of those holding Certificates of Recognition along special branches of environmental planning, shall be prepared and kept by the Board and by the Secretary of the Commission, Copies of this roster shall be furnished to all building officials and government agencies involved in planning and/or approval of environmental plans, and shall be made available to the public upon request.
Suspension and Revocation of Certificates.
SEC. 22. Suspension and Revocation of Certificates. — Subject to the approval of the Commission, the Board shall have the power, after due notice and hearing, to suspend or revoke the certificate of registration for any cause mentioned in Section 16 of this Title.
Re-Issuance and Replacement of Certificate.
SEC. 23. Re-Issuance and Replacement of Certificate. — The Board, may, after the expiration of one (1) year from the date a certificate of registration is revoked and for valid reasons, entertain an application for the issuance of a new certificate of registration.
Use of Seal.
SEC. 24. Use of Seal. — All registered environmental planners shall obtain a seal of such design as the Board shall authorize and direct: Provided, however, That the serial number of the certificate issued by the Board shall be included in the design of the seal. Plans, designs and programs prepared by, or under the direct supervision of, a registered environmental planner shall be stamped with the said seal during the life of the registrant certificate, and it shall be unlawful for any one to stamp or seal any document with the said seal after the certificate of the registrant named thereon has expired or has been revoked unless said certificate shall have been renewed or re-issued.
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Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).